SPRINGFIELD – Citing an “improved” economic outlook, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday, May 6 his support to increase evidence-based education funding in the state by $350…
SPRINGFIELD – State education officials made their case Thursday, April 1 for a funding increase above and beyond what Gov. J.B. Pritzker has recommended, arguing that schools need…
SPRINGFIELD – State agency heads are preparing to cut 5 percent of their budgets in the current fiscal year and 10 percent next fiscal year should the federal government fail to provide…
Per-student spending in many of Metro East’s poorest school districts now exceeds that in many of the region’s most affluent districts, according to data from the Illinois State…
SPRINGFIELD — Education officials in Illinois say the state is making solid progress under its new evidence-based funding program in narrowing the wealth-based disparities among school…
SPRINGFIELD – A commission that Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed in 2019 will soon issue a report calling for a complete overhaul in the way the state handles its budget for early childhood…
SPRINGFIELD — Most adults in Illinois give the state’s public school system only a so-so grade, but they give slightly higher marks for their own local schools. That’s according…
SPRINGFIELD — A pair of researchers are suggesting the best way to reduce property taxes in Illinois is for the state to take over a greater share of funding for public schools and…
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